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Bishop Hill
Bishop Hill How to live life, by RK Pachauri
Jan 6, 2010 Climate: Pachauri Greens Interviewed on the BBC, lifestyle guru RK Pachauri had this to say:
I think my vision of a good life is one where you spend enough time on friendship, on time with family, on exercising a certain level of restraint, by which you don't consume for the sake of consuming. Before the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, I was interviewed by Kevin Spacey and he asked me a whole lot of questions about whether I had done my holiday shopping and I said, well, I have no plans because I only buy what I need. But that's exactly what I do - I never buy something unless I feel I need it.
Like the house in India's millionaires row for example.
(Audio here - segment on lifestyles starts at 19:45)
Reader Comments (11)
"I never buy something unless I feel I need it."
And how is that different from every other consumer?
What he means is, he only pays for something if he really needs it. If he only needs it a little bit, taxpayers can pick up the tab.
Is this the Beeb doing its bit to restore a good image of this seedy individual?
I am glad he has time for his family with his jet-setting schedule.
"I never buy something unless I feel I need it." he said ...
Well, if, on the one hand, one's got all one wants already, being a millionaire, and on the other hand one's got lots of minions to get everything one wants/needs, its very easy to take such a noble stance.
I wonder how he'd fare in frozen Scotland, as pensioner, with no food left in the house, roads slippery, no minions to fetch and carry ...
Personally, I don't have a car; nor do I use a tumble dryer, nor take flights. I should be given the prize for green of the uear! Pity I'm sceptical of the anthropogenic climate change consensus - I don't do these things because I can't afford them...can Pachauri lend me some dosh so I can aspire to start polluting like him?
"I never buy something unless I feel I need it."
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The great man forgot to mention he needs A LOT.
He sounds exactly like a kleptocrat.
Was that a "Let them eat cake" moment?
"I never buy something unless I feel I need it."
Like:
- a very expensive house in
India
- publicly funded plane tickets for personal gain.
Leadership by example - no chance!
"I never buy something unless I feel I need it."
And how is that different from every other consumer?
January 6, 2010 | Michal Gancarski
I used to know people like this, what he means is it's ok if HE needs it. If one of the pleb "needs" it it it's not ok.
Sounds a lot like Al Gore, another hypocrite.